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WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918.
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OERMMS LAUICMEB
ATTACK LAST
EAST OF ST
M
IM1EL
kin the Hun Found Himself
Outfought by American
Troops
Considerable force
WAS PROiSAtfLY USED
The Americans Did Active
Patrol Work Bringing Back
Prisoners
Once more the American
iwnns holding: the sector east
,fSt. Mihiel in French Lor-
jine have proved themselves
sore than a match for the
Germans.
Another of the numerous
Uden strokes the Germans
this front have been launch-
recently upon the Ameri
positions was driven" in
k night apparently with con
stable force as thefattack
one to warrant notice in
today's French official? state
Bent. It was met firmly Jby
ie Americans, .however as
HINSHAW
PHOHIBITIQN
Prohibition Party Meets in
National Convention Today
in
SEVEN STATES HAVE
RATIFIED AMENDMENT
Leaders Believe That With
Proper Work the Nation
Will Be '"Dry in Less
Than 12 Months
was last week's German thrust
in the same region and the
taemy was driven back.
Besides repulsing this en-
ky attack, the Americans on
lie Lorraine front were active
in patrol work in which they
look prisoner a number of
tomans.
The French Statement. -
Paris, March 5. A German
ptatk last night on the trench-
ss held by American forces in
taraine was repulsed, the
French official statement, issu-
today announced. Ameri
ca patrols operating in the
region, the statement
A took a number of Ger
p prisoners.
NO SWEETS,
SAYS ONE SOLDIER
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JsMngton, March 5 "Don't take
space un -with cwooo ttiot rTnM
f .d for needsrt flTnTrmnitinn Canrlv
kes taste fine, but they wont do
ln good when the Hun starts his
E7e;T so don't do anything to hin
rJM United stQOQ
Hat
Idierj
-nited States.
!S the spirit of thfi American
Ks;ilnce.as.exPressed by a
Paie p V r t0 ms mtner, Mrs.
-nue t. Mallnir P A n1 ill- XT r
i. d5ter General Rlirlosnn tn -arhnm
I e mother wmto
15- declared today that such a sen-
iVrmiri American spirit
Con 1 lDe war-
nS,tS f dela's t0 the soldiers
e "S y are foowed by letters
IPrommT advices snow ma is be
iprmptly delivered, said Mr. Bur-
. u,u6 Stnnt ic! , 1 xv.
' j anc,e whse letters do not
Peedily as dsired," said he.
msiDE
Chicago, March 5 A demand for
immediate, nation-wide prohibition as
a war measure was voiced by Virgil
G. Hinshaw, chairman of the prohi
bition national committee, in an. ad
dress opening the thirteenth . national
convention of that party in Chicago
today. More .than 4,000 delegates
from all parts t of the' United -States
wera'lntdce.
shaw said: - v -
"It all the prohihition forces of this
country will pull together we can se
cure war prohibition within 90 days.
That is one of our jobs, but it is not
the job of the prohibition party to
do it all by itself. The time has ar
rived when we should not only he
seech the , 150,000 church organiza
tions in this country to line up all
their members, but in addition, we
should reach, out after every labor
union, manufacturers' organization
and farmers' organization in America.
"We want prohibition for the period
of the war, but we also want it per
manently. We want it in the national
constitution. Already seven States
have ratified , the prohibition amend
ment Mississippi, Kentucky, Vir
ginia, South Carolina, North Dakota,
VOTES FOR
Over 35,000 Women Partici
pating Making the Situa
tion a Puzzle
New Yorkj "March 5. Those women
of New York who reside in the four
congressional districts in which spec
ial elections are being held today, cast
their first votes. Added to the historic
occasion of the day to the women was
the fact that the actual Democratic
majority in the House of Representa
tives hinged on the outcome.
Political leaders confessed they
were puzzled as to just what effect
the new factor in politics will have in
determining the result in each of tne
districts. The total registration in the
four districts is 172,061 of which 35,
195 are women.
The greatest interest in the cam
paign has 'centered in the fight in
the 21st district, normally Republican
territory. Reverdy C. Ransom;' fir "ne
gro clergyman, whose independent pe
tition was thrown out by tne Supreme
Court, has appealed to his followers to
write his name on their ballots. Ran
som has attacked the Republican nomV
nee JoroWA, ItoUegThdemonetatl
candidate. lgJerome F. Donovan.
Washington, March 5. Announce
ment of the date of the next draft is
imminent. The provost marshal gen
eral's office, has prepared an "impor
tant announcement" which isbelieved
to deal with the time and method of
Marvland and Montana two .wet and summoning the second levy. The best
five dry. Wewill take it for granted j opinion is that the first of the men
that all dry States will ratify, in that will move to camp in April
event we must win seven more watj Publication of the announcement is
States. The wet States which we held up penning action oy congres
NEXT DRAFT DATE TO
BE
ANNOUNCED
First of the Men Will Proba
bly Begin to Move in
April
believe we can win, In fact, are al
most certain, of winning, are Na
vada, Wyoming, Florida; Ohio, Min
nosota,' Missouri and Texas. That
makes seven. Ther$ are others we
should win, namely, California, Wis
consin, Delaware, New Jersey and
Vermont; that makes five more. Bve.i
old New York, Massachusetts, Con
necticut and Louisiana are by no
means hopeless.
"But, I repeat once more, the issue
is not, can we secure ratlfi'tatiDn of
the prohibition constitutional amend
ment. The issue is will w do it wilh
in 12 months or -will we allow the
matter to be deferred for thie or
on pending amendments to the Selec
tive Service Act. The most important
of the proposed changes, in the opin
ion of Provost Marshal General Crow
der, is that which will give him au
thority to Jmse State quotas on the
total number of men in Class Al, in
stead of the total registered.
Preparations have ben made for
summoning the remaining negroes
certified under the first draft. Be
tween 70,000 and 80,000 of these were
called but only half of them have been
sent to the training camps. The in
advisability of centralizing these tr.p3
in Southern camps and the fact that
the army medical authorities do not
five or seven years. The difference 'believe it safe to transfer them to
between national prohibition in l!i
months and in three years means a
waste of at least $1,000,000,000. Also
it will .be the loss ol a eouyJe hun
dred thousand lives, it will be a de
crease in the coal output of 15 per
cent.1 It will mean the waste of
enough grain; to feed an army of
5,000,000 soldiers. The difference be
tween national prohibition 12 months
from now and thros yoara from now
might mean the loss of the conflict
between the Allies and Germany.'
colder Northern camps during the win
ter are given as the principal reasons
for the delay.
TILLMAN AND LEVER
TO RUN FOR SENATE
K?,Y 5,-President
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BIG WHARVES
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and North German
P Company's wharves
fa tortl Hoboken. N. J. He ar-
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The President arranged with Attorney-General
Gregory to advise Con
gress of the legal situation. Senator
Martin was called to the White House
to arrange for a provision in the Ur
gent Deficiency bill to meet the situ
ratio iLith Senator Martin,
"c leader, for an nmMimM
isi,Lbent defiHpnnv Kill ini.i. tsirt riataila nf thfi President's
h 11' an Vi " J giving . auuu . v
1? thogh tl 0nty- i plans were given Senator Martin, but
EN corn. ?rPerties of the two the Urgent Deficiency bill in the Sen-
"t'aaies. Pro0Mn. tTTtt : iioi nf tha war iinanp.e
ercn ,Uartin at a Whit Hmnoipornoration measure, to expedite the
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takp waa deemed neces-1 deficiency appropriationa and also the
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er the legal title.
matter ssitetirig to tb German, jdocka. J
Columbia, S. C, .March 5. An
nouncement by United States Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman that he will be
a candidate for re-election this sum
mer is expected momentarily and will
be followed immediately by an an
nouncement by Congressman A. F. Le
ver, of the Seventh Congressional dis
trict, of his candidacy for the Sen
ate, acocrding to information reach
ing Columbia from reliable sources.
Senator Tillman has already prepared
a statement announcing his candidacy
for the Senate, according to informa
tion reaching Columbia from reliable
sources. Senator Tillman has already
prepared a statement announcing his
candidacy. Congressman Lever told
a party of South Carolinians in Wash
ington last Friday that he expected
to run and it is understood that he
will make his announcement imme
diately after the announcement of
Senator Tillman. Former Governor
Cole L. Blease and T. B. Dial, a busi
ness man of Laurens, have already
announced, their candidacies. The
primary will be held in August and
jiomination is equivalent 4o- tlectipsk
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unwis
CONCILIATION
FOR
Urges Labor to Join With So
cialism in Securing a Real
Peace
Regards Hertling's Speech as
a Rejoinder to the Versail
les StatejjrSent
Tokio Government Asked to
Take Such Steps Deem- y'--,ed
Advisable i-
NEED FOR ACTION IS "
DAILY INCREASING
. BY THE RUSSIANS
Agreement Provides That the
War Shall Immediately End
Between Signatories.
VALUABLE TERRITORY
FOR CENTRA!- POWERS
Russia Must Demobilize AU
Her - Forces at s Once and
Practically Her Fleet, and
Open the Waters
Amsterdam, Monday, March 4. Rus
sia and the Central lowers, in the
peace treaty reached at Brest-Litovsk,
agreed that the war between them
should be at an end, Berlin dispatches
say. The third clause of the treaty
provided that the regions west of a
line agreed upon and which is to be
delineated later, formerly belonging
to Russia, shall, have no further ob
ligation toward Russia, and Germany
and Austria will determine their fate
in agreement with their population.
Article four provides for the evacua
tion of the Anatolian province and
the surrender of Erivan, Kars and Ba
toum to Turkey. The treaty con
tinues:. "Article V. Russia will without de
lay, carry out the complete demobili
isatipaof her army, including the
forcehewly formed by the present
government. Russia will further
transfer her warships to Russian har
bors and leave them there until a gen
eral peace or immediately disarm.
Warships of States continuing in a
state of war .with the quadruple al
liance will be treated as Russian
warships in . so far as they are with
in Russian control."
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CAMPAIGN OPENS
i FOR NEXT EJECTION
England Starts a Political Con
test Promising Lively De
velopments The War
Aims of Labor
London, March 5. The campaign
for the general election already has
begun. Arthur Henderson, former
member of the War Council, finding
that the secretaryship1 of the labor
party compels him. to spend most of
his time in London, has decided to
resign his seat in the House of Com-
will bo made of the removal of mines
ih the Baltic and Insofar as Russian
power extends in the Black Sea. Com
mercial shipping is free in these wa
ters and will be resumed immediately.
A mixed commission will be appoint
ed to fix further regulations, especial
ly for the announcement of routes for
merchant ships. Shipping routes are
to be kept permanently from floating
mines.
SELECTING THE FIRST
TO GET
MEDALS
Only, Those Troops Who Were
Especially Conspicious
Will Be Honored
With the American Army in France,
Monday, March 4. The first Ameri
cans to win the new American medals
for bravery in action probably will be
men who participated in Friday's suc
cessful fight witn the Germans in the
Toul sector. Among them undoubtedly
will be some, if not all of the men who
were decorated yesterday by Premier
Clemenceau,
The fighting records of the vari
ous soldiers are being compiled and
on these records recommendations will
'be made by the general commanding
the division. The date is being gath
ered carefully so as to make certain
that none will be honored specially for
simply doing his duty.
The entire American expeditionary
force is waiting to see who among
them will be the first to get the new
war medal.
It is now permissible to give the
names of the " off icers and men deco
rated yesterday by Premier Clemen
ceau. They are:
Lieutenant Joseph Canby, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Lieutenant William Coleman,
Charleston, S. C.
Sergeant Patrick Walsh, eSrgeant
William Norton, Private "Buddy" Pitt
man, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Private Alvin Soiley, St. Louis.
The sergeants- have been in the
army for many years. Sergeant
Walsh formerly lived in Detroit and
Sergeant Norton in Arkansas.
Both the privates distinguished
themselves by running through the
barrage laid down by tht Germans
during the raid and delivering mes
sages. Two. artillery officers Cap
tain Holtzendorff , whose home is in
Georgia, and Lieutenant Green will
receive the French war cross. They
were wounded by hell fire.
Lieutenants Canby and Coleman
went out into No Man's Land in .day
light and each took a German pris
oner. Sergeant Norton killed a Ger-4
man lieutenant and two soldiers. He
was . challenged by the lieutenant 'to
leave his dugout and led out his men
fighting. Sergeant Walsh took com
mand of a' detachment in front" in
front of the wire when his captain
sion of Durham, and has been invited
to contest the Southern Division of
Eastham.
Mr. Henderson addressed a meeting
last night in Eastham, making a
strong appeal for the abolition of. se
cret diplomacy, ' for peace by concilia
tion and a league of nations. It is
highly improbable, Mn Henderson
declared, that the war can be ended
by a decisive Prussian military tri
umph. It might end by a process of
exhaustion, but such a termination
would be a disaster of the first mag
nitude to mankind.
There remains, he said, a third al
ternative a policy of conciliation
through the combined forces of labor
and Socialism to obtain a. real peo
ples' peace. That did not mean a sur
render to the enemy or a patched up
peace, or peace at any price, - nor
that the people are willing to con
done German brutality or to leave
Germany with all her power ,for mis
chief unimpaired.
What the policy of conciliation
meant was the destruction of militar
ism not only in Germany but every
where. Mr. Henderson then cited the well
known war aims of the labor party,
including a league of nations. He
said that such a league implied the
complete democratization of the ma
chinery of government in all coun
tries, the suppression of the greed of
diplomacy and the publication of trea
ties which must never contravene the
stipulation of the league of nations.
It meantime concerted -: abolition of
compulsory military service in all
countries to be prepared for by a
eommon limitation of armaments and
also that they must abandon every
suggestion of an economic boycott or
of the financial or commercial isola
tion of Germany.
The speaker quoted a recent speech
of Philipp Scheidemann, the German
SELECTS FQUR POINTS
FOR THE DISCUSSION
Siberian Situation Menacing to
Allied Interests- Germany
Dominates Territory Taken
From Russia
The Marquis Professes to See
Four Openings in Chan
cellor's Address for Fur
ther Consideration
London, March 5. In the view of
the Marquis of Landsdowne, express
ed in a letter to the Daily Telegraph,
the recent speech of Chancllor von
ed in a letter to the Daily Telegraph,
the recent speech of Chancellor von
Hertling marks a perceptible advance
in p&ace discussion. Lord Lands
downe thinks it all the more remark-
depressing announcement Tecentlr
made some of us think rather gratu
itously by the Versailles conference."
Four points of von Hertling's speech
are selected by Lord Lansdowne and
comment. ' First is the Chancellor's
wish for an intimate meeting of the
belligerents. Lord Landsdowne in
terprets this to mean a Ismail informal
meeting of persons authorized to dis
cuss confidentially the possibility of
a more formal conference. He refers
approvingly to the opinion of Foreign
Secretary Balfour that it would be un
wise to begin negotiations unless some
preliminary agreement exists, and
asks how, such a preliminary agreement
is to be reached without preliminary
conversations.
POPULAR OFFICER
DIES IN CAMP
Spartanburg, S. C, March 5. Sec
ond Lieutenant Henry E. Croskey, bil
leting officer attached to division
headquarters staff, died at the base
hospital, Camp Wadsworth, Sunday
night following an illness of 10 days
from pneumonia. Funeral services
will be conducted in the chapel of the
102nd Engineers this afternoon at 4
o'clock. The flag at division head
quarters stood at half mast all day
Monday in bis honor. Lieutenant
Croskey was a native of Philadelphia.
He had served an enlistment rn the
United States Navy and the United
States Army, and in the French for
eign legion in Africa. He was one of
the most popular officers at Camp
Wadsworth.
RACE TRACK DISASTER
COST LIVES OF 730
Shanghai, March 5. At least 730
lives were lost in the disaster at the
majority Socialist leader ,and articles I gon Kns Jockey Club's track at
in the Socialist Vorwaerts proving) Happy Valley last week, when a stand
that there wap- a struggle in the Cen
tral Powers between the military
caste and the forces of. democracy.
The people must help the forces of
democracy in Germany to the utmost.
The German policy toward Russia
made the possibility of peace by con
ciliation much more remote.. The peo
ple must convince the German people
that victory for such ruthles militar
ism would fasten permanently upon
democratic nations the awful burden
of armaments and enforced service,
and tht the greater the German suc
cess on the .battlefield "the more re
mote was world peace.
"We must tell German Socialists,"
Mr. Henderson continued, "that we
have done our part. Whether the
struggle is to terminate soon or is
to be indefinitely prolonged depends
largely upon how soon they can pro
duce a change of mentality in their
government.. When they induce their
government to accept-the broad, hu
man principles which inspire the pro
posals of allied labor and Socialism,
then a world peace is insured. Then
only will the peoples of the world
agree to sheath the sword, and walk
jtogether in the pathsf progress and
peace."
occupied by Chinese collapsed and
then caught fire. Many charred bod
ies have been removed from the ruins
ALLIES ARE AGREED.
London, March 5. The Evening
News says the question of Japa
nese intervention in Siberia has
been settled and that all the allies
as well as the United States, have
agreed to immediate action to safe
guard the interests of the powers.
United States Agrees.
Washington, March 5. The Unit
ed States now is in agreement. with
Great Britain, Japan and the othc"
co-belligerents on the principle of
action in Siberia, but the arrange
ments remain to be worked out.'
This became known today as the
cabinet met with President Wilson
to discuss the subject.
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Japan, reports indicate, will
soon 'to protect Allied interests
V.3
ceived in London say- that the British,
French and Italian ambassadors In t ;;:J
Tokio have, or will immediately ask1,
whatever action, it mav consider nec !il !'
essary to oppose German propaganda ,
in Siberia and to protect the military rf
stores at Vladivostok. It is believed
in Washington military activity by, '
Japan is imminent. - .
Need for Japanese action has been
peace by the Bolshevik! and tho Ger
man invasion of Finland. Also there
are further reports of the hostile at-,
titude of the Bolshevik! element in
Siberia as wel as of the thousands of
released Austro-German war prison
ers who have been armed and drill . ',
ed. A belated dispatch from Peking r
says that Russian forces ars menac- fei
ing the frontier of (Chinese or East- --hi II
ern Turkestan. Turkish and German . !'..
agents have been active in this ter- ? tj'
ritory, attempting to arouse th Mo. '!''
hammedans aerainst the Chinese ccv-
ernment.
Articles of the treaty signed by
Russia and the Central Powers do not
go into detail, but German domination
of the territory taken from Russia is
assured. Article three provides that
Germany and Austria shail be ter.
mitted to decide the fate of the terri
tories in agreement with thei popu
lation." The new Rusian frontier
lruiii me vxuu oi riniana lo me uas- i
pian sea is to be determined latar;
but Russia is to evacuate Anatolia if,
and surrender the provinces of Ba 5
toum, Kars and Erivan the remain 5
ing portions of ancient Armenia to -iji
the Turks. This territory has a com -jf;
bined area of 20,000 square miles and fi'i! j!!
a population of more than 1,600,000. 1 3; '
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In the Verdun sector a French sur
prise attack at the Calonne trenches L ,
carried the attackers forward 6001 ' . . i 1
yards on a front of 1,200 yards to thfr t
uerman rourth line, xne t Tench took
150 prisoners."
American artillery has shelled ef
fectively a large assemblage" of Ger
man troops in the sector rvorthwest
of Toul. The German artillery fire,
however, has slackened considerably.
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PROPERT Y OF ALIEN ,
ENEMIES ON SALE
New York, March 5. Enemy prop
erty in business concerns, partly or
wholly owned by German residents,
involving millions of dollars and vast
interests, will be placed on sale in
private, beginning today, it is an
nounced by the general business de
partment of, the alien property custo
dian in this city.
These concerns include many varie
ties . of business enterprises, dye fac
tories, ; steel and iron plants, and es
tablishments owning large holdings
In cotton, metals and wheat. The
German-owned interests which are to
be sold in individual concerns .are
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to be sold except that officials say.
it eventually-will "run into millions.
Among the properties that hay
been taken over are those belonging
to the Countess Szechenyi, formerly
Gladys Vanderbilt, amounting to $9,
000,000, and. the investments,., stocki
and bonds of Countess Bernstorff, for
merly Jeanne Luckemeyer, of New
York, amounting to $900,000. Much
larger properties, , including the
Hamburg-American Line, have also
been taken over.
Joseph A. Bower, head 'of the de
partment nere, in a statement empha i-!!
sizes that while the sale will be con ? j
uuctea entirely in private, m every t
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